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ASEM LEADERS & GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS

HE Erna SOLBERG

Prime Minister

Norway

HE Erna SOLBERG holds a Candidatus magisterii Degree in Sociology, Political Science, Statistics and Economy) from the

University of Bergen in 1986. HE SOLBERG was Minister of Local

Government and Regional Development 2001-2005, in Kjell

Magne Bondevik's Second Government. HE SOLBERG has

represented the Conservative Party in the County of Hordaland

at the Storting (Parliament) since 1989. At the change of

government, she was the Conservative Party's parliamentary

leader. She was member of the Standing Committee on Health

and Care Services Affairs, the Standing Committee on Foreign

and Defence Affairs and the Electoral Committee. She has

previously been a member of standing committees on i.a.

Finance and Local Government, and head of the Storting's

delegation to NATO's Parliamentary Assembly. HE SOLBERG has

been leader of the Conservative Party since 2004. HE Solberg

has held the position as Prime Minister since 2013 and started

off her second term after the election in 2017.

HE Dame Annette KING

Former Cabinet

Minister and Deputy

Leader

The Labour Party

New Zealand

HE Dame Annette KING is New Zealand’s longest serving female

Member of Parliament. Dame Annette King was Deputy Leader

of the New Zealand Labour Party from 2008 to 2017 and has

held senior cabinet positions in New Zealand governments,

including portfolios on health, immigration, justice, defence,

police, race relations and youth affairs. She was appointed

Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services

as a Member of Parliament in 2018. Dame Annette King will be

attending the 12th Asia Europe Meeting Summit in her capacity

as the Prime Ministers’ Special Envoy.

Ms Françoise

SCHEPMANS

Mayor

Molenbeek Municipality

Ms Françoise SCHEPMANS serves as the Federal Deputy, Vice-

President of the House of Representatives and Mayor of

Molenbeek Municipality. Prior to which, she served as the

President of the Parliament of the French Community Walonia-

Brussels. Ms SCHEPMANS is a member of the Belgian party

Mouvement Réformateur (MR). Ms SCHEPMANS is a former

lawyer and studied law at the Free University of Brussels.



Ms Khadija ZAMOURI

Member of Parliament

Parliament of the

Brussels-Capital Region

Ms Khadija ZAMOURI serves as Member of Parliament in the

Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region since 2014. She is

the chairman of the Health Committee and of the Board of the

Flemish Community Commission. Prior to her political

engagement, Ms ZAMOURI worked in the field of education for

various years within the Belgian Ministry and as an English-

Dutch Teacher at the Belgian School Kigali in Rwanda.

SPEAKERS & PANELLISTS

By alphabetical order

Dr Razwana BEGUM BT

ABDUL RAHIM

Senior Lecturer

Singapore University of

Social Sciences (SUSS)

Legally trained, Dr Razwana BEGUM BT ABDUL RAHIM wanted

to work with offenders, identify their potentials and guide them

towards leading a socially responsible lifestyle. Dr RAHIM

started her career as a Social Worker before joining the Ministry

of Social and Family Development as a Probation Officer. To

improve her skills, Dr RAHIM studied social work, criminology

and counselling. She completed the doctorate programme in

ethics and restorative justice with Monash University. After

close to 19 years of service with the Public Sector, she joined

the Singapore University of Social Sciences. She works closely

with different Ministries in the development of courses focusing

on criminology, rehabilitation, public safety and security. Her

research interests include crime, restorative justice, children,

families and ethics. She has presented papers and conducted

training sessions at various international platforms.

Mr Kevin BROOKING

Artistic Director

& Co-founder

Clowns without Borders

Belgium

Mr Kevin BROOKING is an Ameropean, resident of Belgium for

over 25 years. He has worked as a circus clown in Canada,

Mexico, USA, UK and in Circus Krone in Germany. He has trained

pigs, swallowed swords and his acrobatic tongue has appeared

on BBC television. He is a laureate of the Festival de Cirque de

Demain in Paris. Mr BROOKING was co-founder of the Espace

Spéculoos/Art de la Rue with the support of the city of Brussels,

a 6-year-programme to promote street arts in the Belgian

Capital. He is also the co-founder of Clowns Without

Borders/Clowns Zonder Grenzen/Belgium. CSF is a project that

enables artists to bring joy and hope to distressed families. A

student of some of the great clown teachers (2 years at Ecole

Lecoq, Pierre Byland, Avner the Eccentric) Mr BROOKING has

continued to teach clowning and theatre. His workshops “The

Art of Accidents” and “Clowning for Dummies” have challenged

students all over the world.



Mr Andrea CARTA

Senior Legal Strategist

Greenpeace European

Unit

Mr Andrea CARTA is the Senior Legal Strategist for the European

Unit of Greenpeace where he advices on a broad range of EU

environmental law issues. Prior to his current role, Mr CARTA

worked as a consultant in EU Law and Policy. Mr CARTA received

his LLM in European Legal Studies from the College of Europe

and has also studied Italian, EU and International Law at the

University of Genova in Italy.

Prof Lilamani DE

SOYSA

Director of International

Relations

Tsukuba International

Academy for

Sport Studies TIAS

Japan

Prof Lilamani DE SOYSA is a dual national, Sri Lankan and Swiss.

She grew up in Sri Lanka and obtained her Master’s degree in

Arts and Literature from the University of Lausanne, Switzerland.

As a schoolgirl, sport was an important part of her life. She did

athletics and played netball for her school and played table

tennis for her country. She has been involved in international

sport for over 20 years, first at the International Table Tennis

Federation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, then the European

Table Tennis Union and currently as the Director of International

Relations at the Tsukuba International Academy for Sport

Studies in Tsukuba, Japan, a legacy programme of the Japanese

government for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

She is also a member of the International Working Group for

Women in Sport.

Mr Ignacio DORESTE

Advisor

European Trade Union

Confederation (ETUC)

Mr Ignacio DORESTE is an ETUC advisor working on the dossiers

of youth employment, self-employment and atypical work. He

graduated in Psychology from the Autonomous University of

Madrid and holds a Master’s degree in Human Resources

Management from the Open University of Catalunya as well as a

degree in International Aid and Cooperation for Development

from the Complutense University of Madrid and Clinical

Psychology from the Spanish Association of Behavioural and

Cognitive Psychology. He works for the European Trade Union

Confederation since 2013. Before, he was engaged in the

Spanish trade union movement since 2009.

Prof Ulf-Daniel EHLERS

Vice-President for

Quality & Academic

Affairs

Baden-Württemberg

Cooperative State

University

Vice-President

European Association

of Institutions in Higher

Education

(EURASHE)

Prof Ulf-Daniel EHLERS is a learning innovation expert and has been appointed Professor for Educational Management and

Lifelong Learning at the Baden-Wurttemberg Cooperative State

University in Karlsruhe in 2011. From 2011-2016 he held the

position of Vice-president at the same university and has been

responsible for Quality and Academic Affairs. He held positions

as Associate Professor of University Duisburg-Essen (Germany),

Professor for Technology Enhanced Learning of University

Augsburg (Germany) and Associate Professor of the Graduate

School for Management and Technology of the University of

Maryland University College (USA). Prof EHLERS holds degrees

in English Language, Social Sciences and Educational Sciences

from the University of Bielefeld, where he finished his Ph.D. with

honors in the field of Technology Enhanced Learning in 2003.

He was awarded a Habilitation in 2008 from the University of

Duisburg-Essen. Prof EHLERS is founding member and past



President of the European Foundation for Quality in E-Learning

(2011-2014) and has also been the President of the Society for

Media in Science, in addition to serving on advisory boards for

several professional associations in the field.

Prof (Dr) Amareswar

GALLA

Executive Director

International Institute

for the Inclusive

Museum, Chief Curator,

Amaravathi Buddhist

Heritage Town, India

Visiting Professor,

School of Planning and

Architecture (SPAV),

India

An alumnus of the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, Prof

Amareswar GALLA is interested in cultural democracy, cultural

rights, gender mainstreaming, inclusive and deep ecology

demonstration projects, arts policy development, Intangible

Heritage, World Heritage, indigenous peoples, intercultural

dialogue and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). He

was the producer and editor of the flagship project and

publication to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the UNESCO

1972 World Heritage Convention. Prof GALLA provided strategic

cultural leadership in Australia and the Asia Pacific Region as

the first Professor of Museum Studies in Australia, the University

of Queensland, Brisbane and Professor and Director of

Sustainable Heritage Development Programs, Research School

of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University in

Canberra. He has been honoured internationally on several

occasions including the Outstanding Conservationist of the Year

Award (Vietnamese Government, 2002) and the European Best

in Heritage Award (2008).

Fr Nektarios GEORGIOS

Chief Secretary and

Special Advisor

Office of the

Representation of the

Church of Cyprus to

European Institutions in

Brussels

Fr Nektarios GEORGIOS is currently serving as Chief Secretary

and Special Advisor at the Office of the Representation of the

Church of Cyprus to European Institutions in Brussels. After

completing his military duty, Fr GEORGIOS reassumed his

university education at the faculty of Social Theology of the

National and Capodistrian University of Athens until he

graduated, following which he enrolled for a Master’s in Society,

Law and Religion of the Faculty of Canon Law at the Catholic

University of Leuven. In 2017 he was ordained to the priesthood

and in January 2018 he was elevated to the rank of

Archimandrite. He has been a regular member of the Working

Group of Human Rights of the Conference of European

Churches (CEC) 2011-2015, a member of the Governing Board

of the Churches’ Commission for Migrants in Europe (CCME)

2014-2017.

Mr Philippe

HENSMANS

Director General

Amnesty International

Belgium

Mr Philippe HENSMANS is the Director of Amnesty International

Belgium since 1996. Prior to which, he served as the Press

Officer & Editor in Chief for Amnesty International Belgium. Mr

HENSMANS studied Sociology at the Universite Catholique de

Louvain in Belgium.



Ms Leonie NAGARAJAN

Director

Education Department

Asia-Europe Foundation

(ASEF)

Ms Leonie NAGARAJAN has been heading the Education

Department of the Asia-Europe Foundation since February

2014. Together with her team members, she develops and

drives ASEF’s education project portfolio with a focus on student

mobility, youth employment, university-business partnerships,

and lifelong learning. Prior to this, she advised and supported as

Chief of Staff 3 ASEF Executive Directors from France and China

in the planning and implementation of the Foundation’s long-

range strategy, programmes and operations (from 2008 to

2015). Ms NAGARAJAN previously worked in Public Affairs and

the media, including the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin,

the Berliner Zeitung, Pretoria News and the Icelandic national

broadcaster Rikisutvarpið (RUV). Having studied in Reykjavik,

Iceland and Berlin, Germany, she received her Master’s degree

in Communication Sciences with minors in cultural and political

sciences from the Free University and Humboldt University of

Berlin.

Ms Anupama SEKHAR

Director

Culture Department


(ASEF)

Ms Anupama SEKHAR joined ASEF in January 2009. She is

currently the Director of the Culture Department and is actively

engaged in facilitating multilateral cultural co-operation among

51 countries across Asia and Europe. Anupama is in charge of

the department’s day-to-day operations as well as its overall

programme portfolio, which comprises of policy dialogue,

information platforms, and support to artists. In particular, she

designs and manages the Department’s work in the field of

cultural policy with the aim of stimulating analysis and

engagement reflective of current debates in the arts in Asia and

Europe, as well as channelling policy ideas to the Culture

Ministers’ Meeting of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM).

Currently, Ms SEKHAR is part of UNESCO’s Expert Facility to

support capacity development initiatives for the implementation

of the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the

Diversity of Cultural Expressions. She holds degrees in English

Literature and International Studies and is a trained dancer in

the Indian classical style of Bharatnatyam. Prior to joining ASEF,

Ms SEKHAR worked with the International Labour Organisation

(ILO) and with independent arts spaces in India.

Rev Dr. Sorin SELARU

Representative

Committee of the

Representatives of the

Orthodox

Churches to the

European Union

(CROCEU)

Professor for Orthodox

Theology

University of Bucharest

Rev Dr Sorin SELARU is the Director of the Permanent Office of

the Romanian Orthodox Church to the European Institutions and

a member of the Committee of Representatives of the Orthodox

Churches to the European Union (CROCEU). He is a professor of

systematic theology at the Faculty of Orthodox Theology in

Bucharest, Romania and at the Orthodox “St. Paul” Institute in

Brussels, Belgium. He also serves as a priest in the “St.

Nicholas” Orthodox Parish in Brussels. He is a graduate of the

Faculty of Theology in Iasi, Romania and holds a PhD from the

“Marc Bloch” University in Strasbourg, France. His favourite

fields of theological research are ecclesiology, ecumenism and

anthropology.



Dr Anna SMAJDOR

Associate Professor of

Practical Philosophy

University of Oslo

Dr Anna SMAJDOR is an Associate Professor of Practical

Philosophy at the University of Oslo. Her research interests

relate to the interface between ethics and science, medicine

and technology. She has published widely on aspects of

reproductive ethics. Dr SMAJDOR was a collaborator on a

recently-completed project funded by the Swedish Research

Council 'Close Personal Relationships, Children and the Family'

led by Daniela Cutas, at Umeå University. She is currently one of

five principal investigators working on a multidisciplinary

project: Epigenetics and bioethics of human embryonic

development’ funded by University of Oslo Life Sciences. Her

work encompasses questions about relationships between

scientists and the objects of their research. Dr SMAJDOR has

been involved for many years with research and clinical ethics

committees in the UK and is interested in the nature of moral

expertise and ethical deliberation.

Fr Aimilianos

TRIANTAFYLLOS

BOGIANNOU

Moderator of

Committee of

Representatives of

Orthodox Churches to

the European Union

(CROCEU)

Fr Aimilianos TRIANTAFYLLOS BOGIANNOU started the

Associate’s degree Programme of International Business in

Hesser College, Manchester New Hampshire, USA in 2001,

where he joined the Phi Theta Kappa Honour Society. In 2002

he continued his education at Hellenic College, Brookline,

Massachusetts, where he obtained his Bachelor’s in Religious

Studies, following which he started his studies in Holy Cross

Greek Orthodox School of Theology, where he graduated from

with his Master of Divinity in 2006. In the summer of 2004 he

was ordained a Deacon and was sent to work for the Liaison

Office of the Orthodox Church to the European Union, in

Brussels, Belgium. In November 2009 he was ordained a Priest

and was made an Archimandrite. He was the Assistant to the

Director of the Liaison Office, His Eminence, Metropolitan

Emmanuel of France until 2015 when he was promoted to

Director of the aforementioned Office. Fr TRIANTAFYLLOS

BOGIANNOU represented the European Commission in the

Youth Interfaith Forum in Australia in 2007. He is currently a

member of the Working Group on Human Rights of the

Conference of European Churches. He is the Moderator of the

Committee of the Representatives of the Orthodox Churches to

the European Union (CROCEU). He lives in Brussels, Belgium,

where he also teaches Orthodox Religion in European Schools.

Ambassador Karsten

WARNECKE

Executive Director


(ASEF)

Ambassador Karsten WARNECKE is the 7th Executive Director of

the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) in charge of the

management and administration of the organisation, the

implementation of its programmes and policies, and

representing the organisation. He joined ASEF as the 6th Deputy

Executive Director in August 2012. Before joining ASEF,

Ambassador WARNECKE dealt mainly with Germany’s and the

EU’s involvement in ASEAN and in the ASEM Process as part of

his portfolio as Counselor at the German Federal Foreign Office

in Berlin, where he served as Deputy Head of Division for

Regional Organizations and Cooperation in Asia-Pacific. A

seasoned career diplomat with over 25 years of experience,

including almost 20 years with Asia, Ambassador WARNECKE is

adept at working in cross-cultural settings and in bringing people

together from diverse backgrounds. Previous postings have

seen him serve in the German Consulates-General in New York,

USA, and Chennai, India, as well as the German Embassy in

Singapore. Ambassador WARNECKE holds an M.A. in



International Relations from the School of Advanced

International Studies (SAIS) of the Johns Hopkins University in

Washington, D.C., after studying Political Science at the Free

University in Berlin.

Mr Nick WATERS

Investigative Journalist

Bellingcat

Mr Nick WATERS is a full-time staff member at Bellingcat, an

award-winning open-source investigatory website. His work has

focused on the conflict in Syria, for which he was nominated for

the European Press Prize for Innovation, and the use of drones

by sub-state actors. Prior to Bellingcat, Mr WATERS spent

several years in the British Army as an infantry officer, including

a deployment to Afghanistan, before completing an Master’s in

Conflict Security and Development at King's College London in

2016.

HOSTING PARTNERS & WORKSHOP FACILITATORS


Dr Razwana BEGUM BT

ABDUL RAHIM

Senior Lecturer

Singapore University of

Social Sciences (SUSS)

Legally trained, Dr Razwana BEGUM BT ABDUL RAHIM wanted

to work with offenders, identify their potentials and guide them

towards leading a socially responsible lifestyle. Dr RAHIM

started her career as a Social Worker before joining the Ministry

of Social and Family Development as a Probation Officer. To

improve her skills, Dr RAHIM studied social work, criminology

and counselling. She completed the doctorate programme in

ethics and restorative justice with Monash University. After

close to 19 years of service with the Public Sector, she joined

the Singapore University of Social Sciences. She works closely

with different Ministries in the development of courses focusing

on criminology, rehabilitation, public safety and security. Her

research interests include crime, restorative justice, children,

families and ethics. She has presented papers and conducted

training sessions at various international platforms.

Ms Esther DURIN

Representative &

Coordinator of

Pedagogy

Institut des Hautes

Etudes des

Communications

Sociales (IHECS)

As Lecturer and European projects coordinator within the

journalism school IHECS, Ms Esther DURIN is involved in several

collaborative projects on media pluralism and on social and

citizen-oriented journalism. She also coordinates training

programmes in European non-profit communication and

advocacy for the IHECS further education centre (IHECS

Academy). Ms DURIN is also strongly involved in

Citizenforeurope.eu, a community of European civil society

organisations supporting each other for a diverse, participatory

and democratic Europe.



Ms Agata

DZIARNOWSKA

Policy Officer

European Commission,

Directorate-General for

Education, Youth, Sport

and Culture (DG EAC)

Since 2014, Ms Agata DZIARNOWSKA works as a Policy Officer

in the Euorpean Commission. Her main tasks are education and

training in sport, sport diplomacy as well as relations with

Council and Presidencies. Prior to which, Ms DZIARNOWSKA

worked in the Ministry of Sport and Tourism in Poland and as an

expert in EU affaris. Ms DZIARNOWSKA graduated at Warsaw

University obtaining a degree in law. She continued her

education path in the College of Europe with a Masters in

European Interdisciplinary Studies.

Mr Bertrand FORT

Cultural and

Cooperation Counsellor

Embassy of France in

Belgium

Mr Bertrand FORT is the Cultural and Cooperation Counsellor at

the French Embassy in Belgium. Prior he worked as the

Delegate for External Relations of Local Governments and

General Secretary of the National Commission for decentralized

Cooperation within the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs in

Paris. From 2011 to 2014 Mr FORT served as the Cultural and

Scientific Councillor and Director of the Institut Français du

Japon at the French Embassy in Japan and as Senior advisor to

the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr FORT served as Deputy

Executive Director at ASEF from 2002 to 2008. He also worked

as a Lobbyist, Free-lance Journalist and Lecturer and as the

Communications Manager in the French Parliament. Mr FORT

attained two Bachelor’s degrees in economics from Paris I

Sorbonne Univ. and in Communications and Information (Paris

II Assas). He received his postgraduate diploma in Sociology of

organisations at Sciences-Po Paris.

Mr Anthony GARTNER

Associate Director

Student Equity and

AccessAbility Service

Swinburne University of

Technology

Mr Anthony GARTNER is a Social Worker engaging in a

commitment to improve education and employment outcomes

for students who are otherwise excluded or marginalised from

education. Mr GARTNER is President of the Australian Tertiary

Education Network on Disability (ATEND) and works to foster

collaboration and enhanced practice at a local and national

level.

Mr Parkash GURNANI

President

Indian Cultural Centre

Brussels Mandir

Mr Parkash GURNANI is the President of the Indian Cultural

Centre/ Brussels Mandir based in Brussels since 2012. He has

a Bachelor’s degree in Law, Economics, Accounts, and is

currently also working as a Business Development Manager in

International Trade.



Mr Łukasz KRÓL

Digital Projects

Coordinator

College of Europe,

Natolin Campus

Mr Łukasz KRÓL is a researcher, speaker, and facilitator fascinated by the relationship between digital tools, democracy,

and human rights. Currently employed at the College of Europe

Natolin campus, he has given talks in Beirut, Warsaw, and

Vinnytsia. He also serves as the coordinator and lead facilitator

at WEASA, a now-annual summer school that looks at the

relationship between technology and politics. This has given him

the chance to facilitate technology-related brainstorming and

discussion sessions among groups of journalists, NGO workers,

and civil servants. Mr KRÓL has worked in and with the public,

NGO, private, and academic sectors, which has given him a

chance to learn how different groups approach the issue of

human rights in a digital era. A graduate of the Universities of St

Andrews and Cambridge, he has also authored several pieces

on digital policy and European affairs.

Ms Susanna MÄKELÄ

Senior Director

EU Affairs

Microsoft

Since 2018, Ms Susanna MÄKELÄ is the Senior Director of EU

Affairs at Microsoft, where she is leading the Cybersecurity EU

policy team. Prior to this, Ms MÄKELÄ has worked as the

Assistant General Counsel for Microsoft in Tokyo, Japan leading

the multidiscipline corporate external affairs team that supports

Microsoft sales and marketing. Prior to Microsoft Ms MÄKELÄ

worked at Nokia as the Legal Director in the Global Sales

Marketing department. Ms MÄKELÄ has a law degree from the

University of Turku.

Ms Claire MOREL

Head of Unit

European Commission,

Directorate General for

Education, Youth, Sport

and Culture (DG EAC)

Ms Claire MOREL is the Head of Unit for International

Cooperation at DG Education, Culture, Youth and Sport of the

European Commission, with particular focus on the international

dimension of the Erasmus+ programme and international policy

dialogues in higher education and youth issues with various

partners of the EU in the world. She has worked several years

with the countries neighbouring the EU. Before that, she worked

for the Tempus programme (for higher education

modernisation), cooperating with Central Asian countries, and

for the European Training Foundation, an agency of the EU

based in Turin, on the reform of vocational education and

training systems in the Eastern neighbouring countries and

Central Asia.

Mr Arnout PAUWELS

Deputy Director and

Coordinator of South-

Asia and Afghanistan

Ministry of Foreign

Affairs Belgium

Mr Arnout PAUWELS is the Deputy Director and Coordinator of

South-Asia and Afghanistan, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, DG

Bilateral Affairs, Asia-Pacific Department in Belgium. He has

worked 7 years as a lawyer in the beginning of his career. Mr

PAUWELS joined the Belgian Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1998.

He has been posted in San José, Vienna (OSCE), Kabul and

Kigali. In the Ministry he worked on the Middle-East and North-

Africa, with an emphasis on the Arab-Israeli conflict. The

different assignments brought experience in politico-military

matters, East-West affairs, conflict areas, development and

women’s rights. Mr PAUWELS received his Master’s at Law from

Ghent University.



Dr Marie-Anne

PERSOONS

Senior Advisor

International Policy

Strategic Policy Division

Flemish Ministry of

Education and Training

Dr Marie-Anne PERSOONS is the Advisor for International Policy

at the Department of Education and Training of the Flemish

Community of Belgium. She is a representative to the Council of

Europe’s Steering Committee of Educational Policy and Practice

(CDPPE), as well as in several OECD, COE, UNESCO and

BENELUX working parties, including the SDG Education 2030

Steering Committee. Prior she served as the Vice-Chair of the

OECD’s Education Policy Committee and GNE on School

Resources. Dr PERSOONS graduated in Oriental Languages and

History from the Catholic University of Leuven in 1984. She

continued studying Chinese language at the National Taiwan

Normal University. Further studies include a Master’s degree in

Philosophy and a PhD in Oriental Studies. She has also obtained

a Master’s degree in Public Management from the University of

Antwerp.

Ms Tijana STOJANOVIC

Vice-President

Erasmus Students

Network (ESN)

Ms Tijana STOJANOVIC serves as the Vice-President of the

Erasmus Students Network. Prior to which, she was the National

Representative of Erasmus Student Network Serbia and the

Promotions Coordinator at ESN International Committee for

Education. Ms STOJANOVIC studied Applied Linguistics at the

Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Spain and the English

language at Alpen Adria University in Austria and at the

University of Novi Sad in Serbia.

INTER-GENERATIONAL DIALOGUE


Mr Willy DANENBERG

Systematic Change

Specialist

The Clube of Rome

Mr Willy DANENBERG is the Head of Global Systematic, Smart,

Digital, Supply Chain & Financial Change at AltoChange

Consulting. He is a Global Change Specialist and consults

governments, municipalities, banks, credit unions and Fortune

100 companies. Mr DANENBERG is also the International

Business Development Manager at PayService Inc. Mr

DANENBERG is a full member of the Club of Rome, an informal

association of independent leading personalities from politics,

business and science. He received his Master’s in Systematic

Innovation from Twente University in the Netherlands.

Mr Louis DE JAEGER

ASEFYLS3 Participant

Founder

Commensalist

Louis is pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Agro and Biotechnology

at KU Leuven after several years of traveling and discovering

permaculture and durable farming principles, and is determined

to find and implement solutions to draught, erosion and overuse

of pesticides and fertilizers in agriculture. Louis has also started

his own outdoor design company, Commensalist. In addition to

this, he writes articles and gives keynotes about durable

farming, living and society.



Ms Anne LEEMANS

Design Secretary

General

Yellow Design

Foundation

Since 2004, Ms Anne LEEMANS has been the Secretary General

of Yellow Design Foundation – an independent,

multidisciplinary, European and interregional platform for

research and information on community-oriented design. She is

also the owner and Managing Director of Fontana Identity &

Design. The Brussels-based design and communication

consultancy creates and delivers concepts and company

identity programs. Ms LEEMANS team has been adopted in the

Sustainable Urban Development experts' network of UN Habitat.

Ms LEEMANS obtained a Master’s degree in Applied Linguistics

from Ghent University in 1981.

Mr Jonas MALLISSE

Founder and Director

“Too Good to Go

Belgium”

Mr Jonas MALLISSE is a Social Entrepreneur, Founder and

National Director of “Too Good To Go Belgium” – an app for

smartphones that fights against food waste alongside local

enterprises and consumers. The initiative has so far saved six

million meals in Europe. Mr MALLISSE also runs the social start-

up Fair and Square that works on women’s empowerment and

social development. With a textile workshop in Pondicherry,

India, they produce 100% ethical and ecologically responsible

tote-bags and thong bags.

ORGANISERS

Ambassador Karsten

WARNECKE

Executive Director


(ASEF)

Ambassador Karsten WARNECKE is the 7th Executive Director of

the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) in charge of the

management and administration of the organisation, the

implementation of its programmes and policies, and

representing the organisation. He joined ASEF as the 6th Deputy

Executive Director in August 2012. Before joining ASEF,

Ambassador WARNECKE dealt mainly with Germany’s and the

EU’s involvement in ASEAN and in the ASEM Process as part of

his portfolio as Counselor at the German Federal Foreign Office

in Berlin, where he served as Deputy Head of Division for

Regional Organizations and Cooperation in Asia-Pacific. A

seasoned career diplomat with over 25 years of experience,

including almost 20 years with Asia, Ambassador WARNECKE is

adept at working in cross-cultural settings and in bringing people

together from diverse backgrounds. Previous postings have

seen him serve in the German Consulates-General in New York,

USA, and Chennai, India, as well as the German Embassy in

Singapore. Ambassador WARNECKE holds an M.A. in

International Relations from the School of Advanced

International Studies (SAIS) of the Johns Hopkins University in

Washington, D.C., after studying Political Science at the Free

University in Berlin.



Ms Leonie NAGARAJAN

Director



(ASEF)

Ms Leonie NAGARAJAN has been heading the Education

Department of the Asia-Europe Foundation since February

2014. Together with her team members, she develops and

drives ASEF’s education project portfolio with a focus on student

mobility, youth employment, university-business partnerships,

and lifelong learning. Prior to this, she advised and supported as

Chief of Staff 3 ASEF Executive Directors from France and China

in the planning and implementation of the Foundation’s long-

range strategy, programmes and operations (from 2008 to

2015). Ms NAGARAJAN previously worked in Public Affairs and

the media, including the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin,

the Berliner Zeitung, Pretoria News and the Icelandic national

broadcaster Rikisutvarpið (RUV). Having studied in Reykjavik,

Iceland and Berlin, Germany, she received her Master’s degree

in Communication Sciences with minors in cultural and political

sciences from the Free University and Humboldt University of

Berlin.

Ms Nathalie SAJDA

Project Manager



(ASEF)

Ms Nathalie SAJDA, a Swedish national, joined ASE’s Education

Department in June 2014 to coordinate the ASEF Young

Leaders Programme with its various projects, including the ASEF

University (ASEFAU), Model ASEM or the ASEF Young Leaders

Summit (ASEFYLS). Prior to joining ASEF, she worked in the field

of social enterprises and social entrepreneurship in Asia and

Europe, including intercultural programmes for young social

entrepreneurs to marketing of educational tools for impaired

children. She also worked for a technology social enterprise in

Thailand, where her role as international project manager

included the development of gamification, hack-a-thon’s and

marketing on issues related to flood preparedness, innovative

public health and big data. Ms SAJDA obtained her first

Bachelor’s degree at Sodertorn University in International

Development and Co-operation, followed by a second Bachelor’s

degree in International Relations from Stockholm University.

She received a full scholarship to pursue her Master’s degree in

New Politics. and Future Governance at Kyung Hee University in

South Korea, where her dissertation investigated social

accountability and social impact assessments among Thai

social enterprises.

Mr Kristian AGUSTIN

Project Executive



(ASEF)

Mr Kristian AGUSTIN completed his Master's degree in Visual

Culture (University of Westminster). Prior to joining ASEF's

Education Department in April 2018, he had been working on

his research on the ASEAN integration discourse in visual

culture. His experience in academia and higher education

includes presenting in and publishing his own research work for

various international conferences, writing contributions for

journals and textbooks, and editing manuscripts for

publications. He has also taught advertising, art history,

communication, and research methods courses to

undergraduate students in Manila and Hong Kong.

Professionally, Kristian brings into the organisation his years of

experience working for government agencies and non-profit

organisations - the Supreme Court of the Philippines (under the

Office of the Chief Justice, Program Management Office, and

Public Information Office, respectively); the Foundation for

Liberty and Prosperity, Philippines (as Executive Secretary and

Communications Specialist); the Vargas Museum, Philippines



(as Exhibition Designer and Social Media Coordinator); and

PhotoVoice, London, UK (as Projects and Programme Assistant

and Support Facilitator), among others. Kristian is also an ASEF

alumnus; he was a student-participant in the 18th ASEF

University (AU18) which was held in Tartu, Estonia during the

summer of 2012.

Mr Ross CHEUNG

Project Executive



(ASEF)

Mr Ross CHEUNG joined the Education Department in January

2018. Prior to joining ASEF, Ross participated in the Model

ASEM in 2012 and ASEFYLS in 2015. He first started his career

in corporate financing and then research in social

entrepreneurship. He completed research projects on the topics

of service leadership, voiceless groups, and university graduate

entrepreneurship in Hong Kong. Besides, he volunteered at the

Beijing Olympic Games, provided tour in Shanghai World Expo,

and served at the International House of The Chinese University

of Hong Kong. Ross obtained his Bachelor's degree at Hong

Kong Baptist University in Sociology and China Studies. He is

currently a Master’s student of the Erasmus Mundus Program in

Global Studies, first in University of Vienna (Austria), then in

Macquarie University (Australia), and he looks forward to

completing his master thesis in Leipzig University (Germany).

Mr Akhil Jacob

THOMAS

Project Officer



(ASEF)

Mr Akhil THOMAS joined ASEF’s Education Department in

January 2017. Prior to joining ASEF, he completed a half-year

internship with the United Nations Academic Impact, based at

the UN Headquarters in New York City, where he worked on

projects such as the Habitat III Conference in Quito, Ecuador and

the 71st session of the UN General Assembly. During his

university days, Mr THOMAS completed a chain of internships at

organisations such as KPMG, Teach for India, and a Bangalore-

based think tank called Synergia Foundation, where he

completed research projects on India - U.S Relations and the

Deep Web. Mr THOMAS also worked part-time with the

international student organisation AIESEC, where he headed the

business development portfolio for the local committee in

Chennai. He completed a Bachelor’s in Economics from Loyola

College, Chennai, and supplemented his academic experience

at college with a summer programme on Consumer Behaviour

at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Mr

THOMAS is also a Shaper with the Singapore Hub of the Global

Shapers Community.

Ms Freya CHOW-PAUL

Project Assistant



(ASEF)

Ms Freya CHOW-PAUL interned in the Education Department in

July and August 2018 and continued assisting the Project

Executives with their preparations of ASEFYLS3 afterwards. She

is currently working towards a Bachelor’s degree in International

Relations and Development at the University of Sussex,

England. As an undergraduate, Ms CHOW-PAUL has undertaken

two study abroad exchanges, a summer school in Taiwan at the

National Taiwan University, and in Sweden for her third year at

Malmö University under the Erasmus programme. At the

University of Sussex, Ms CHOW-PAUL has been a Student

Representative, working with the International Relations

Department and the School of Global Studies on various areas

of university life.



Ms Patricia SENGE

Project Assistant



(ASEF)

Ms Patricia SENGE recently graduated from Maastricht

University with a Bachelor in European Studies. She joined the

Education Department in September 2018, assisting with

administrative and organisational tasks within the context of

upcoming projects. Previously she has interned with the German

political foundation Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung in Ecuador where

she helped coordinating and planning events to educate on

social democracy, youth engagement, feminism and human

rights in South America. She also volunteered with TECHO

Ecuador in the field of humanitarian aid and development.

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Mr Heiko SEIBEL

Heiko Seibel

Photography

Heiko SEIBEL has been working as a freelance photographer

since 2002. He has studied Journalism and Communication

Science at the University of Muenster, Germany and Integrated

Design at the University of Fine Arts Bremen.

Heiko creates visual, video and photography concepts for

businesses and magazines and develops his own artistic

projects. Photography shall serve more than a decorative

element to a text; it follows its own narrative and message. For

his illustration and interpretation of movements in Olympic sport

disciplines, he received the Art Directors Club Award in 2009.

The series was published in the ZEIT Magazine.

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